@craecan.bsky.social:
I don’t want to be allies with countries that drop bombs on schoolchildren.
@AJENews:
BREAKING: Fars News Agency reports that a US-Israeli missile attack targeted two schools in Parand, southwest of Tehran, today. [March 5, 2026]
@PetraSchur:
The U.S./Israel-axis is targeting schools and hospitals, exactly like they did in Gaza, killing schoolgirls and healthcare workers.
@HeerJeet:
If you are an American, you paid to kill those school girls. Your standard of living might be going down, if you are working class your life expectancy is probably a decade lower than your counterparts in other comparable countries, but your government will always have money to slaughter children.
@emmettmacfarlane.com:
Trump starts an illegal war. Iran starts firing drones and missiles in response. And people think Canada is obliged to act militarily, under NATO or otherwise? This would be dumber than what kicked off WW1.
@SteveFranssen:
America went from “stop their nuclear program” to “carpet bomb civilian areas” really quickly…
@idreesali114:
GENEVA, March 5 (Reuters) – The World Health Organization chief said on Thursday that it has verified 13 attacks on health infrastructure in Iran amid a U.S.-Israeli campaign, killing four health care workers and injuring 25 others.
@tiberiusfiles:
Dying to protect the world’s biggest pedophile colony is insane
US Senator Lindsey Graham:
“This is a religious war, and we will determine the course of the Middle East for a thousand years.”
nyi_news:
Where have we seen this blantant use of religion for political purposes before? Where else?
jesseduquette.bsky.social:
These pedophiles must think we’re toddlers with the way they’re dangling this mass campaign of death and violence like car keys
@johnvaillant.bsky.social:
Tell me this isn’t JudeoChristian holy war:
“Assassinating #Khameini during #Ramadan is about as subtle as murdering the Pope on the steps of St. Peter’s in Holy Week. It will inflame the Shiite world.”
– Former #NATO Dep Supreme Commander Allied Forces Europe #IranIsraelWar
@deonandan.bsky.social:
US evangelicals have spent generations preparing to fight the Antichrist. But when he finally shows up, they just make him President.
@carriesweet.bsky.social:
Killing innocents is what war criminals like Netanyahu, Trump, and Putin love to do.
@riverblackearth.bsky.social:
This tracks, if you recognize that they absolutely think the white man is God.
…
Religious beliefs can be thought of as socially transmitted mental representations that consist of supernatural events and entities assumed to be real. Religious beliefs differ from empirical beliefs, which are based on how the world appears to be and are updated as new evidence accumulates or when new theories with better predictive power emerge. On the other hand, religious beliefs are not usually updated in response to new evidence or scientific explanations, and are therefore strongly associated with conservatism. They are fixed and rigid, which helps promote predictability and coherence to the rules of society among individuals within the group.
Religious fundamentalism refers to an ideology that emphasizes traditional religious texts and rituals and discourages progressive thinking about religion and social issues. Fundamentalist groups generally oppose anything that questions or challenges their beliefs or way of life. For this reason, they are often aggressive towards anyone who does not share their specific set of supernatural beliefs, and towards science, as these things are seen as existential threats to their entire worldview. …
Based on previous research, the experimenters predicted that the prefrontal cortex would play a role in religious fundamentalism, since this region is known to be associated with something called ‘cognitive flexibility’. This term refers to the brain’s ability to easily switch from thinking about one concept to another, and to think about multiple things simultaneously. Cognitive flexibility allows organisms to update beliefs in light of new evidence, and this trait likely emerged because of the obvious survival advantage such a skill provides. It is a crucial mental characteristic for adapting to new environments because it allows individuals to make more accurate predictions about the world under new and changing conditions. …
These findings are important because they suggest that impaired functioning in the prefrontal cortex—whether from brain trauma, a psychological disorder, a drug or alcohol addiction, or simply a particular genetic profile—can make an individual susceptible to religious fundamentalism. And perhaps in other cases, extreme religious indoctrination harms the development or proper functioning of the prefrontal regions in a way that hinders cognitive flexibility and openness. …
@theliamnissan:
We should probably stop putting people who are preparing for the rapture in charge of anything
Tamar Kranick:
Because they are brainwashed religious zealots that want America to be only white.
The Trump Nazi fuckers and MAGAts want the world to be white, not just America. Egos bigger than brains, and hate bigger than heart.We have allowed them to lie and get this far
@sadiereeder.bsky.social:
… It can also be true that Pete Thiel and Trump (and Melania) and Netanyahu are even more guilty than we think as far as Epstein goes. I’m guessing more than a few of Pete Hegseth’s crazy evangelical commanders might be in those files too. I smell a common thread.
@deonandan.bsky.social:
My late father was a little obsessed with Iranian politics (despite not being Iranian). He taught me from a young age about democratically elected Mosaddegh, who was toppled by the USA to install the oppressive Shah, which led directly to the Islamic Republic. Mosaddegh was nationalizing the oil.
… They launched the war to:
1) satisfy some defence contractors
2) spike oil prices
3) distract from The Files. …
NoFilterSkin:
So, if men can’t control themselves around women that are wearing revealing clothing, or women that get drunk and pass out at parties, or little teenagedand younger girls…why are they allowed to control the world?
@MacaesBruno:
6 or 7 times more children were killed in a single bombing in Iran than on October 7. The reaction to both events worldwide gives you a sense of the hierarchy between human beings we have created and sustain in our world
@MacaesBruno:
Every grave one little girl aged 8 or 10. Almost 200 graves, and now we hear it will be months of this
@danpjsheehan:
36 Israeli children were killed on Oct 7 How many of them were murdered by the IDF during Israel’s Hannibal Directive, slaughtering Israel’s own to justify more genocide of Palestinians and greater thefts of Palestinian lands and resources?, and the world let Israel annihilate an entire society as revenge.
On Saturday, Israel bombed an elementary school, killing 165 children—more kids than Hamas has killed in the 38-year history of its existence—and won’t even be sanctioned.
@AdameMedia:
This is Khamenei’s granddaughter.
Trump murdered her.
And people are celebrating it.
@elgindy_:
Yes, only regimes that believe in Christian or Jewish prophetic delusions can possess nuclear weapons.
@Ahmed_hassan_za:
US Secretary of Defense insults Islam:
“Regimes that believe in Islamic prophetic delusions cannot possess nuclear weapons.”
@LostInSpace909:
Interesting that he believes in another religious prophetic delusion that claims to give white europeans the right to a certain land in between arabs.
Not suspicious, not at all
@PeterCronau:
Now it’s NINE hospitals,
Plus a girls school,
Plus a women’s basketball gymnasium,
Plus the Red Crescent building,
Plus the main TV station,
Plus residential blocks…
@smsaideman.bsky.social:
There have always been Christian nationalist in the US military (thanks USAFA), but Hegseth has changed the permissions structure, encouraging these freaks to impose their views on their subordinates
@kingjeremypdx.bsky.social:
This is medieval crusader levels of derangement and insanity.
U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus, Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military by Jonathan Larsen, Mar 02, 2026
A combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers at a briefing Monday that the Iran war is part of God’s plan and that Pres. Donald Trump was “anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth,” according to a complaint by a non-commissioned officer.
From Saturday morning through Monday night, more than 110 similar complaints about commanders in every branch of the military had been logged by the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF).
The complaints came from more than 40 different units spread across at least 30 military installations, the MRFF told me Monday night.
The MRFF is keeping the complainants anonymous to prevent retribution by the Defense Department. The Pentagon did not immediately respond to my request for comment.
One complainant identified themselves as a non-commissioned officer (NCO) in a unit currently outside the Iran combat zone but in Ready-Support status, deployable at any time. The NCO said they were Christian and emailed the MRFF on behalf of 15 troops, including at least 11 Christians, one Muslim, and one Jew. (Full email printed below.)
The NCO wrote to the MRFF that their commander “urged us to tell our troops that this was ‘all part of God’s divine plan’ and he specifically referenced numerous citations out of the Book of Revelation referring to Armageddon and the imminent return of Jesus Christ.”
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has enshrined evangelical Christianity at the uppermost levels of the U.S. military, airing monthly prayer meetings throughout the Pentagon. Last year, the Pentagon confirmed to me that Hegseth attends a weekly White House Bible study. It’s led by a preacher who says God commands America to support Israel.
Monday’s email from the NCO said that their commander’s remarks “destroy morale and unit cohesion and are in violation of the oaths we swore to support the [C]onstitution.”
MRFF President and Founder Mikey Weinstein, a veteran of the Air Force and the Reagan White House, told me that since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran early Saturday morning, the MRFF has been “inundated” with similar complaints:
These calls have one damn thing in freaking common; our MRFF clients [service members who seek MRFF aid] report the unrestricted euphoria of their commanders and command chains as to how this new “biblically-sanctioned” war is clearly the undeniable sign of the expeditious approach of the fundamentalist Christian “End Times” as vividly described in the New Testament Book of Revelation.
Many of their commanders are especially delighted with how graphic this battle will be zeroing in on how bloody all of this must become in order to fulfill and be in 100% accordance with fundamentalist Christian end of the world eschatology.
Bloody backpacks and books in debris of a girls’ elementary school in Minab, Iran, illegally bombed by Trump and Israel (snap from Al Jazeera video.)
Weinstein cited constitutional and Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) prohibitions against injecting religious beliefs into official military instruction or messaging.
He said, “Any military members seeking to take advantage of their subordinates by advancing their blood-soaked, Christian nationalist wet dreams upon the flames of this latest non-Congressionally sanctioned attack against Iran, should be swiftly, aggressively and visibly prosecuted.”
Weinstein added that the MRFF receives similar complaints about Christian eschatology — end-of-the-world theology — “whenever this shit blows up with Israel in the Middle East.”
After the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, for instance, the MRFF reported a complaint about an Air Force commander who said at a briefing that, “[T]he war between Israel and Hamas has all been foretold by the Book of Revelation in the Gospel of Jesus Christ and no-one can do anything about that.”
After 9/11, Pres. George W. Bush referred to the American “crusade” against terrorism, evoking the ancient clashes between Christian crusaders and Muslims. Bush’s language was seen as potentially inspiring Muslims to take up arms against the U.S., if it proclaimed itself a Christian army waging war on Islam.
French foreign minister Hubert Vedrine said, “One has to avoid falling into this huge trap, this monstrous trap” set by al Qaeda with the 9/11 attacks. Bush dropped the term “crusade.”There’s much pointing to Israelis as instigators of the 9/11 attacks.
While Christian nationalism has simmered in the military for decades, Hegseth has ended even the pretense of official intolerance for it.
Trump, too, has cast himself as a champion of Christian exceptionalism, embedding it within divisions of the executive branch.
As I revealed last year, Hegseth sponsors the weekly White House Bible study that preaches support for Israel.
Some Christians claim biblical prophecy requires Israel to exist for Jesus to return. But Hegseth’s Bible study leader, preacher Ralph Drollinger, teaches that the reason to support Israel is that God still blesses Israel’s allies and curses Israel’s enemies, even though Israel killed Jesus (this smear, the historic root of antisemitism, has been rejected by every major religion).
After Israel’s attack on Iran last year, Drollinger dedicated two weeks of lessons to preaching support for Israel. His lessons went out to White House cabinet members and members of Congress even as Israel, too, was lobbying for U.S. engagement.
Hegseth has also initiated monthly prayer sessions, most recently featuring Doug Wilson, the far-right Christian nationalistmisogynistic fucker who wants women’s rights decimated, including the right to vote, ffs.He has also brought in other preachers from his personal circle, rejecting any attempt at making the meetings ecumenical.
Hegseth himself also speaks at these meetings, proselytizing his personal religious beliefs. “This is … I think, exactly where we need to be as a nation, at this moment,” Hegseth reportedly said, “in prayer, on bended knee,fucking using fairy tales to justify mass murdering innocents and taking women’s rights to their own bodies away, among other unchristian hate-filled acts.recognizing the providence of our lord and savior Jesus Christ.”
While the MRFF historically has been able to get the Pentagon to swat down Christian incursions into the military, the Trump administration is openly disdainful of military norms and law. It remains to be seen whether and how wholesale Christianization of the Iran war will be opposed by officials inside the Pentagon, or political and legal advocates for secular values outside it.
NCO Email to MRFF
As redacted by MRFF:
From: (Active Duty Military NCO and MRFF Client’s email address withheld)
Subject: Unit combat readiness briefing and Armageddon
Date: March 2, 2026 at 1:02:53 PM MST
To: Information Weinstein <email hidden; JavaScript is required>
Mr. Weinstein thank you for taking my calls and the calls of some of my colleagues as to what happened earlier this morning with our combat unit.
Please protect my identity and the identities of those I’m speaking for as we discussed.
Our unit is not currently in the combat zone AOR regarding the Iranian attacks but we are in a “Ready-Support” function where we could be deployed there at any moment to join and augment the combat operations as participants.
I am a (NCO rank withheld) in our unit. This morning our commander opened up the combat readiness status briefing by urging us to not be “afraid” as to what is happening with our combat operations in Iran right now.
He urged us to tell our troops that this was “all part of God’s divine plan” and he specifically referenced numerous citations out of the Book of Revelation referring to Armageddon and the imminent return of Jesus Christ. He said that “President Trump has been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth”. He had a big grin on his face when he said all of this which made his message seem even more crazy. Our commander would probably be described as a “Christian First” supporter. He has been this way for a very long time and makes it clear that he desires all of us under him to become just like him as a Christian. But what he did this morning was so toxic and over the line that it shocked many of us in attendance at the ops readiness briefing. Besides myself I am reaching out to MRFF on behalf of 15 fellow troops. I know you asked me about the religious views of our group who has requested help from the MRFF. I can only tell you that I am Christian and at least 10 of the others are also Christians. One of the others is Jewish and one is Muslim. I don’t know the religious or non-religious status for the other three at this time.
I and my fellow troops know that it is completely wrong to have to suffer through what our commander said today. It’s not just the separation of church and state as we discussed Mr. Weinstein. It’s the fact that our commander feels as though he is fully supported and justified by the entire (combat unit’s name withheld) chain of command to inflict his Armageddon views of our attack on Iran on those of us beneath him in the chain of command.
I hope by sending this email to you that this will help expose these wrong actions which destroy morale and unit cohesion and are in violation of the oaths we swore to support the constitution.
Full Statement from MRFF President Mikey Weinstein
“Since the start of the unprovoked American and Israeli war on Iran, this past Saturday morning, the Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been literally inundated with desperate calls for help from military members across all branches, organizations and MOS/AFSC/SFSC designations (military occupational areas). Well over 100 calls have already come in and more keep coming.
These calls have one damn thing in freaking common; our MRFF clients report the unrestricted euphoria of their commanders and command chains as to how this new “biblically-sanctioned” war is clearly the undeniable sign of the expeditious approach of the fundamentalist Christian “End Times” as vividly described in the New Testament Book of Revelation.
Many of their commanders are especially delighted with how graphic this battle will be zeroing in on how bloody all of this must become in order to fulfill and be in 100% accordance with fundamentalist Christian end of the world eschatology.
The Military Religious Freedom Foundation demands that all personnel in the Department of Defense (not “War”) remember and fully internalize that the oaths they swear are not to the narcissistic, sociopathic, orange, POS tRump, nor to little Petey ‘Kegseth’ nor to Jesus Christ. On the contrary, their oath is SOLELY to the United States Constitution, which includes both a full separation of church and state mandate in the First Amendment and NO establishment of any sort of putrid ‘religious test’ in Clause 3 of Article VI.”
Any military members seeking to take advantage of their subordinates by advancing their blood-soaked, Christian nationalist wet dreams upon the flames of this latest non-Congressionally sanctioned attack against Iran, should be swiftly, aggressively and visibly prosecuted for numerous violations of the military criminal code known as the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
You know, that very same criminal code that Secretary ‘Kegseth’ is trying to prosecute Arizona Senator Mark Kelly under for simply advising military members not to obey illegal orders; you know like ordering otherwise helpless, military subordinates to acknowledge that the Iran war has been sanctioned by the fundamentalist Christian nationalist version of our Lord and Savior and the New Testament in specific order to bring about the end of the world and usher in the 1000 year reign of Jesus Christ.”
I’m an independent journalist whose reporting is made possible by reader support. As a former executive producer at MSNBC, I helped create Up w/ Chris Hayes and previously was a senior producer on Countdown w/ Keith Olbermann. Your paid subscription helps me keep reporting.
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@meme_ec:
Rubio: “Let me explain to you guys, Iran is run by lunatics, religious fanatic lunatic
Trump:
“If we didn’t hit within 2 weeks, they would’ve had a nuclear weapon. When crazy people have nuclear weapons bad things happen.”
I’m not at all afraid or stressed about Iran having nukes; in my view they need them to survive Israel’s greed. I am however terrified of the incredibly stupid kid raping Trump Nazi Regime having nukes.
@AdameMedia:
Iran’s FM on Negotiating with the U.S.
“We negotiated with the United States twice in the past 12 months.
And in both cases, they attacked us in the middle of negotiation.
And that has become a very bitter experience for us.”
How could anyone ever think a country ran by pedophiles would “liberate” anyone?
@SMohyeddin:
The entire negotiations was simply theatre.
@DropSiteNews:
Important: An Israeli defense official tells Reuters the operation had been “planned for months in coordination with Washington,” and the “launch date was decided weeks ago.”
@SMohyeddin:
Committing war crimes to cover up sex crimes. Operation Epstein Fury.
…
Freedumb U.S. / Israeli style coming to Iran.
@madlymyself.bsky.social:
This bit is explosive:
@kingjeremypdx.bsky.social:
I would have zero faith in my commanders ability to lead or process data coherently if they believed any of that insane bullshit.
@justharris.bsky.social:
its what they always do.
@fartingfascists.bsky.social:
Why would Kash Patel fire 12 FBI agents in the Iranian Special Intelligence unit a week before bombing Iran?
Could it be because they weren’t telling Trump what he wanted to hear? Inquiring minds must know!
@jwsal.bsky.social:
Everything Trump says now sounds like Putin. Lawless men who believe only in their own power and will only be stopped by imprisonment or death.
@kycolonelclark.bsky.social:
This is dangerous and un-American. Christian Nationalist propaganda has no business in the US military. Religion must have no place in any part of gov’t, especially not in education or health (as is happening in Alberta because of TBA evangelicals bossing the UCP to harm all citizens, not just the propaganda-worshippers), and most especially not in the military. Religious propaganda belongs in church and bible “study” and ought to come with clear disclaimers that religion is based on tall tales written by misogynistic (likely often drunk) men.#StopTheMadness
@seeyouinnj.bsky.social:
We have literal cult members with delusions making life and death decisions for the rest of us.
@laurabreathing.bsky.social:
So, it’s all about Peter Thiel’s (and others’) psycho End Of Days BS. Because the only way some men can feel important, is if they create some fake religious crap that lets them claim to be the chosen ones, while killing everyone else.
@kristinekenyon.bsky.social:
Having grown up in an evangelical household, I recognize this particular crazypants narrative. It’s scary af to think this is what our military leadership believes.
@andrewlseidel.bsky.social
@matthewdtaylor.bsky.social
@bradleyonishi.bsky.social
@jonathanlarsen.bsky.social:
EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war.
The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints.
One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…
Jaimie Hileman:
The old checks and balances are gone. MAGA has won a complete victory and we now have the manifesto of “Project 2025 Kampf” in lieu of a constitution. The American Republic and American democracy are dead. Long live the American Empire, with the sun never setting upon its blood soaked imperial banner!
One day, schoolchildren in mandatory Christian Education Units across the Empire, will learn of the glorious deeds of American warriors fulfilling prophecy by warring against Persia… creating the world of peace ruled by three great empires, the New Eurasian Soviet Union, the East Asian Chinese Prosperity Sphere, and Oceanic America!
Jane Hall Design:
The End Timers in the Republican Party govern according to Revelations. Floods, fires, plagues are all part of the prophecy which is part of the reason that they are anti vaxers, deny efforts to protect the environment and support wars in the ME.
Project 2025 has members of NAR religious extremists trying to turn the American democracy into a theocracy
Here’s a few prominent figures in the GOP who buy into this narrative
Mike Pompeo
Mike Johnson
Ted Cruz
Kevin Roberts
Russel Vought
Mike Huckabee
Pete Hegseth
…
NAR and End Times Theology
The New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) often promotes the “Seven Mountain Mandate,” which seeks to bring seven spheres of society—including government and the military—under Christian influence to prepare for Christ’s return. In their view, geopolitical events in the Middle East are not just political, but are spiritual “foreshadowings” of biblical prophecy.
…
Project 2025 and Foreign Policy
While Project 2025 focuses heavily on restructuring the U.S. federal government, its underlying “Christian Nationalist” framework aims to infuse U.S. policy with specific theological goals:
Christian Nationalist Agenda: The project, spearheaded by the Heritage Foundation, advocates for a government that operates according to “biblical principles,” which includes a hardline stance in the Middle East.
Executive Power: It seeks to concentrate power in the presidency, which could allow a future administration to bypass traditional diplomatic channels in favour of aggressive military postures aligned with these theological views.
Project Esther: This related initiative outlines a strategy to combat what it labels “anti-semitism” by targeting domestic and international critics of Israel, often framing support for Israel as a core religious and national security priority.
Refer also to:
It’s tragic the religious fairy tales were not written by women:
Sept 23, 2025: Today is Rapture Day!
@literElly:
if you believe the rapture is happening tomorrow and you’re getting rid of your things, I’m in need of a good espresso machine and $10,000
@glassdelusions:
The rapture already happened and we’re just Left Behind
